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BOARD OF LIBRARY COMMISSIONERS.
N. Y., Scribner's Sons, 1898 $1.50
Mr. Davis had rare opportunities to observe the relations of the hostile forces, as he was on the firing- line in the important engagements. His account is accurate in detail and reliable in its summing- up of events.
Bost., Lamson, Wolfe & Co., 1898 $1.50
The author, who was a war correspondent, had exceptional opportunities for observation, and this volume is the narrative of four months spent with the Cuban army.
Chic, Nat. Educational Union, 1898 $2.75
A truthful, carefully written account of the sorrowful story of the fairest of islands that shall grow lovelier yet in liberty.
N. Y., Appleton, 1898 $2
Mr. Hemment is probably the first photographer who has obtained at close range a complete series of pictures illustrating a war from its inception to its close.
N. Y., Century Co., 1898 $1.50
A personal narrative of the adventure in the harbor of Santiago De Cuba and of the imprisonment of the crew.
Bost., Dana, Estes & Co., 1898 $1.50
A popularly written history of our late war with Spain, from the blowing up of the Maine to the declaration of peace.
N. Y., Century Co., 1899 $1.50
He gives graphic accounts of the splendid service of the marines at Guantanamo, of the regular army and volunteers at Guasimas, Caney and San Juan and of the brilliant achievements of the navy.
Il.N. Y., Harper & Bros., 1899 $2.50
A complete and comprehensive history of the war by an able historian.
Il.N. Y., G. W. Dillingham Co., 1899 $1.50
The history of the rough riders is really the history of the war, for from its beginning to its end these men were at the fore front of the field.